Bird cage



June 14, 1927.

H. MARCUS BIRD CAGE Filed Nov. 20; 1926 El WI) 044 t o z 1346a.fi/AFCUJ.

Patented June 14, 1927.

UNITED STATES HASGAL MARCUS, or BROOKLYN, ivnwxoax.

BIRD CAGE.

Application filed November 20, 1926. Serial No. 149,621.

This invention relates to bird cages and in particular to one to whichthere is adapted to be attached, a bird exercising wheel.

A particular object of the invention is to provide an exercising wheelwhich may be attached in a cage already made, either on the inside orthe outside thereof and access to which can be gained wit-h a minimum ofdanger to the bird. i

A still further important object of the invention is to provide in abird exercising wheel, a. weight which will tend to keep the exercisewheel at a certain position when it normally comes to rest so that thecross ing parts throughout all the views, of

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Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a bird cage, the bars thereofbeing broken away to illustrate the combination therewith of my improvedbird exercise wheel.

Figure 2 is a view in end elevation of the cage and bird wheel, thelatter being broken away to show the interior construction thereof.

Figure 3 is a view in end elevation of a fragmentary portion of the cageshowing the shaft locking clamp used to hold the wheel in position onthe cage, and

Figure 1 is a view showing both ends of a cage, the same illustratinghow the bird exercise wheel may be disposed Within the interior of thecage, if desired.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 5 indicates the usual bird cageconstruction, em ploying vertically disposed bars 6 and horizontalbracing bars 7, the cage being supported in a suitable tray 8.

In order to provide the bird exercise wheel vided a holding bar 9, whichmay be inserted at one side of the cage between the bars 6 thereof anddisposed so that it rests on the horizontally disposed bars 7 at theopposite sides or ends of the cage, it being of course understood thatthe bar 9 extends spoke of the wheel will not interfere in any inconjunction with the cage, I have pro to the opposite end of the cage,as at 10 and is threaded to receivethe locking nut 11 which holds inposition, against the vertical bars 6, the outer portions 12 of a clamp-6 ing member 13. The inner member 14' of the clamp is arranged on thethreaded end of the bar 9 so that it will press against the inside ofthe vertical bars 6-when .the rod 9 is placed in position, it, ofcourse, being understood that this clamping piece 14 may be adjustablelongitudinally of the bar 9 to properly position the bird wheelrelatively to the sides of the cage. I

Of-course, I am aware that bird cages have been provided heretofore withbird exercising wheels and in many instances, the ob-. jects of theinventions have been to simply provide a bird exercising wheel inconjunction with a cage, but these wheels have been found unsatisfactorydue to their construction and their tendency torotaterwherebyy the birdis injured in passage from the wheel to the interior of the cage.

It is the object of my invention, therefore, 30 to provide this birdwheel on the side thereof adjacent the cage with a single connect ingstrap 15, which forms a journal :for the .wheelwith the shaft or rod 9,This strap 15 is disposed in a horizontal position normally adjacent oneof the horizontally disposed-rods 7 upon which the rod 9'rests. Intherevolving movement of the bird wheel, the danger has always been thecatching of the bird in the'spokes of the bird wheel and in thehorizontally disposed bars 7 of the cage, and it can be readily seenthat should the bird leave the bird wheel and tryto enter the cage whenthe wheel was revolving at a fairly rapid speed, any cross bar or bracesuch as the strap15 might squeeze the bird between the horizontal barsof the cage 7,

In order to eliminate this condition I have provided the bird wheel-witha weight 16 of any suitable material, such as lead, in thebottomthereof, so that a tendency to come to rest as soon as the birdhas left the wheel, will be imparted to the wheel, thereby bringing thestrap 15 into horizontal position and preventing its catching the birdbetween it and any one of the horizontal bars 7' of the cage.

In order to further eliminate the probabih ity of injury to the bird, Ihave provided a bird wheel which is constructed of an inner 1 sheetmetal rim 17, from which the stra 3 15. before mentioned, is formed, therim 1 be- -terial, such as tin or other suitablemetal,

The rims of tin or other metal 17 and 18 ing duplicated at the oppositeside of the wheel in the rim 18, also made of solid mathe rims beingjoined by the, wire mesh lt).

are joined by the bars 20, upon whichihe bird may rest and between whichhe may jump to revolve the exercise wheel. The

outer wall of the wheel is, of course, closed by a wire mesh wall 21which, at its center ll i of-the' locking nut 23, which maybe in anysuitabletorm, such as spherical, as shown in 'lligur'es 1 and 4c.

1 It is evident, therefore, that I have pro- .vided an mproved ,birdcageand exercise 2 wheel, the latter of which may be applied to the cagewithout materially altering the con structlon thereof,, it being simplynecessary to clip. out the vertical wires 6 of the cage adjacent thatportion oi -the bird wheel to which the bird is to have access,thepositiming 'of the wheel being suchthat the *birdfot course, cannotescape between the wheel and "the cage.

It will also be seenthat the position of 1 the wing nut 11 of thethreaded end 10 of: the

bar 9"will securely hold, together with-the clamps 12 and 14, the birdwheel in position .adjacent one end ofthe cage and will allow its freerevolving movement on the end of "the rod 9between thecage andthe-locking nut-23.

i In order to'provide for the placing of the wheel on'the interior ofthe cage, as shown in Figure 4,1 provide a plurality of wash ers 24 and25, the former ofwhich is placed next to the strap 15 of the bird wheeland is held in position through the medium of the locking sleeve orcollar 25 which is secured any suitable manner to the rod 26 andmaintains-the bird wheel in position adjacent one end of the cage; andallows it free revolving movement about the rod 26. The washer 25 islarge enough to engage the cross or horizontalbar 7 of the cageand inconjunction with the locking nut '11 and clamp-27 at the opposite endof-the rod 26, locks the bird wheel in position withinthe ca e.

It is evident, therefore, that I have provided a bird wheel which can beused in a connection with a bird cage and can be positionedexteriorly orinteriorly of the bird cage and which can be supported by thehorizontally disposed bars 7 of the cage so that thesamecanhave treerevolving movement on its supporting rod and will allow the bird to havethe exercise necessary.

It is also evident, that I have provided an exercise wheel of improvedconstruction whichincorporating, as it does, walls of wire mesh, whichprevent injury to the bird during the revolving movement 01 the wheelwhich has heretofore been the case when the bird wheel was made oi barmaterial.

' A still further advantage in the use of my improved bird cage is that,without'mate- 'rially altering the cage as manufactured, thebird wheelmay be applied thereto or to any other standard construction of.cagewith a minimum of time and labor and can be removed therefrom whendesired.

lVhile I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree ofparticularity, I realize that in practice various alterations thereinmay be made. I therefore reservejthe right andprivilege of changing theform of the details of constructionor otherwise altering the arrangementof the correlated parts-without departing from the spirit of theinventionor the scope of the" appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecureby United States Letters Patent is 1. A bird exercisingdevice forattachment to birdcages comprising. a rod threaded at one end, a clampat said end for engagement with the cage bars, a lock for the end of therod for securing said clamp, a revolvable wheel carried atthe oppositeend of said rod, and said rod constituting a bird perch within the cage.

2. The combination with a bird cage of a bird wheel, comprising acylindrical wheel cage member, astrap across the open side of the wheel,a rod upon \vhichthe wheel cage is revolvably mounted, means for holdingthe cage, onthe rod, clamps on the rod for adjustablyattaching the sameto themain bird cage, and a weight in the wheel for causing the strap tobe positioned inline with a part of the cage construction when the wheelcomes to restwhereby injury to the bird will be prevented.

- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

. IiAsoAL MARCUS. 1. e]

